transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtrō-ˌpi-zəm ]
noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary -tropism
Date: 1899
1.
a. : involuntary orientation by an organism or one of its parts that involves turning or curving by movement or by differential growth and is a positive or negative response to a source of stimulation
b. : a reflex reaction involving a tropism
2. : an innate tendency to react in a definite manner to stimuli ; broadly : a natural inclination : propensity
encouraged his tropism toward the theatrical — John Updike
• tro·pis·tic trō-ˈpis-tik adjective